Variable Interest Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($) joint_venture	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($) joint_venture
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	5	5,000
Cash Deposits	$ 75,606	$ 75,186
Aggregate Purchase Price	1,392,865	1,423,519
Pre-acquisition costs related to land option contracts and other similar contracts	32,000	32,800
Increase in inventories and accrued expenses and other liabilities	$ 20,900	$ 12,200
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures | joint_venture	1	1
Cash Deposits	$ 34,070	$ 34,595
Aggregate Purchase Price	793,439	823,427
Other land option contracts and other similar contracts [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash Deposits	41,536	40,591
Aggregate Purchase Price	$ 599,426	$ 600,092